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| Nov.25 |
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Train slams into vehicle in southern Italy, killing 6 Map of Rossano Italy The Fiat Multipla impaled against the front of the train -- mangled and largely unrecognizable -- as firefighters walked along the track
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| Oct.9 |
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Italy sacks 'mafia link' council Map of Reggio Calabria Italy The entire council of the city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy has been sacked to stop it from being taken over by the mafia, officials say
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| Jul.5 |
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Concordia captain's house arrest ends Naples: Italian judges released Francesco Schettino from house arrest, but ordered him not to leave his home town while the case against him continu...
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| May.20 |
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Napoli beat Juve to win Cup. Rome
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| Jan.26 |
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Freed aid workers arrive at Italy base Map of Naval Air Station Sigonella Southern Italy| Sicily: Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia | |
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| Dec.7 |
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Police arrest Mafia boss hiding in bunker Naples: Police in Italy arrested an alleged top Mafia boss hiding in an underground bunker below his home in a small town near Naples
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| Sep.5 |
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'Pavarotti's heir' Licitra dies after crash Sicily: Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident, crashing his scooter into a wall
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| Jun.18 |
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UN refugee chief heads to Lampedusa
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| May.8 |
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Sea rescue of 400 Libya migrants
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| Mar.7 |
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Migrant influx hits Italy island
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| Dec.6 |
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Bodies of missing U.S. balloonists found
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| Oct.24 |
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Rome landfill pledge fails to halt unrest Naples: The government would halt the construction of a controversial landfill near Naples, but the assurance was not enough for protesters
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| Oct.21 |
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UK soccer fans attacked in Italy
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| Oct.4 |
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France seeks extradition of al Qaeda man. Paris
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| Sep.29 |
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US balloon goes missing in storm
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| Jul.31 |
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Building collapse in Italy kills 3 A young married couple wrapped in an embrace were among three people found dead after an apartment building collapsed
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| Mar.30 |
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Undersea volcano to collapse w/tsunami
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| Jan.11 |
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Migrants leave town amid violence Hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of African migrants taken by bus out of the town over the weekend after violent demonstrations
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| Jan.10 |
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Pope urges Italy to respect migrants. Vatican
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| Nov.1 |
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Italy raid nets two mafia bosses. Naples
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| Oct.31 |
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Killer caught on video ID'd. Naples
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| Oct.3 |
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Death toll from mudslides now 21 Sicily: 30 people were still unaccounted for in the mudslides, which occurred after a heavy downpour hit two days ago
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| Mar.21 |
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Crowds march against mafia. Naples
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| Mar.6 |
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Italy revives Sicily bridge plan
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| Dec.16 |
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Sicilian mafia 'decapitated' by raid Sicily: Paramilitary police carried out massive arrests against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, 'decapitating' the organization's leadership structur...
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| Sep.30 |
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Police arrest suspects in Mafia killings
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| May.24 |
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Violence breaks out over trash crisis Map of Naples Southern Italy Naples: Police and protesters furiously clashed at government plans to dump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns
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| May.19 |
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Neapolitans torch rubbish piles. Naples
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| May.18 |
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Naples rubbish crisis sparks health fears The U.S. military in Naples is testing tap water and soil because of health worries from that city's pileup of smoldering rubbish
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| Jan.7 |
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Soldiers bulldoze Naples rubbish Map of Naples Southern Italy| The Italian army has begun bulldozing the 100,000 tonnes of rubbish that has piled up in the streets of Naples | |
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| Dec.24 |
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Firm quits Sicily to spurn Mafia
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| Nov.5 |
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Senior Mafia boss arrested| Sicily: The police have arrested Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia, who had been at large for 20 years | |
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| Oct.22 |
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Mafia turnover '$120bn'
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| Aug.30 |
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Mafia suspects arrested Police are arresting dozens of suspected members of rival gangs linked to the killing of 6 Italian men in Germany
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| Feb.5 |
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Italy buries football riot victim
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| Dec.24 |
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Dead spy's Italy contact arrested. Naples
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| Apr.11 |
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'Top Mafia boss' caught Sicily: Bernardo Provenzano, considered to be the head of the Sicilian Mafia, has been arrested
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| Aug.6 |
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Many die in jet crash off Sicily
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| Oct.19 |
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11 Bodies Found on Migrant Boat A coastal patrol discovered the bodies of African immigrants aboard a small boat off the island of Lampedusa
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| Nov.2 |
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Mass funeral for lost generation The president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is due to attend outdoor service for the victims of 5.9-magnitude quake
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| Nov.1 |
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New quake as death toll hits 29 A second strong earthquake has forced the evacuation of the historic centre of a village
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| Oct.31 |
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20 trapped in debris of collapsed school A strong earthquake caused a school building to collapse, killing 12 children, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years old
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Children killed in earthquake| Rescuers have pulled the bodies of at least 4 children from the rubble of a school where the roof collapsed | |
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| Oct.29 |
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Etna burns through forests Sicily: Boiling lava has swallowed swathes of Sicilian forest, but towns are not at risk of being engulfed
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Etna forces state of emergency. Sicily
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| Feb.17 |
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Optimistic end to G7 session. Sicily
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